Liberty Balloon Company of New York partially inflated a hot air balloon to explain science concepts to students at Ross Elementary School.

Lee Teitsworth of Liberty Balloon Company answers questions from Ross Elementary School students.

Students at Ross Elementary School in Sweet Valley get up close with a deflated hot air balloon.

Ross Elementary School students learn about hot air balloons

By Eileen Godin

egodin@timesleader.com

Liberty Balloon Company of New York partially inflated a hot air balloon to explain science concepts to students at Ross Elementary School.

https://www.mydallaspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_Ross-2.jpgLiberty Balloon Company of New York partially inflated a hot air balloon to explain science concepts to students at Ross Elementary School.

Lee Teitsworth of Liberty Balloon Company answers questions from Ross Elementary School students.

https://www.mydallaspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_Ross-1.jpgLee Teitsworth of Liberty Balloon Company answers questions from Ross Elementary School students.

Students at Ross Elementary School in Sweet Valley get up close with a deflated hot air balloon.

https://www.mydallaspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_Ross-3.jpgStudents at Ross Elementary School in Sweet Valley get up close with a deflated hot air balloon.

SWEET VALLEY — Students at Ross Elementary School found themselves floating away with science during a hot air balloon assembly held Monday.

The elementary school hosted an hour-long presentation from Lee Teitsworth of Liberty Balloon Company in Groveland, New York.

The hot air balloonist had a 400-pound wicker basket, a 300-pound deflated multi-colored hot air balloon and much more to show the nearly 280 students.